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JEE Main 2 April 2017 (offline), Maths Q67

Question 67 of 90 in this shift, Maths question 7 of 30.

The value of

(^{21}C_1-{}^{10}C_1)+(^{21}C_2-{}^{10}C_2)+(^{21}C_3-{}^{10}C_3)+(^{21}C_4-{}^{10}C_4)+\ldots+(^{21}C_{10}-{}^{10}C_{10})

is :

(1) $2^{21}-2^{10}$
(2) $2^{20}-2^{9}$
(3) $2^{20}-2^{10}$ Official answer
(4) $2^{21}-2^{11}$

Official answer

Option 3

CBSE answer key (25/04/2017, used for result).

Chapter: Binomial Theorem
Topic: Binomial Coefficients
Idea tested: Sum of all Coefficients

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